USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
-Which Civil Rights leader also became the first African American to serve on the US Supreme Court?
A
WEB DU Bois
B
Martin Luther King Jr.
C
Thurgood Marshall
D
Rosa Parks
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thurgood Marshall was the first African American associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, paving the way for Clarence Thomas as his successor.

Detailed explanation-2: -On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first Black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Terms in this set (10) Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore and died in 1993. He attended the cities racially reformed public schools, then he graduated Lincoln university. He received his law degree from Howard university he was the first African American Supreme Court Justice and civil courts advocate.

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